[Gay State Conservative]

A little over half of the households in the bottom 20 percent have nobody working...

Which,BTW,is a central goal of the Rat Party's grand plan...

[expat_panama]

Welcome back to the market place everyone!   Back to our sideways trading (last Fri. up 4/10ths in lower trade) and now looking at upbeat futures +0.69%.  Precious metals look good too w/ gold and silver moving up to $1,332.38 and $19.60.  Futures see them topping that +1.47%.   Our only report today comes out after opening: ISM Services.

FR Econ threads:

• Robert Samuelson: A New Era Of Labor Scarcity?
• Slower August Job Growth Will Keep The Fed On Hold In September
• Report: Up To 80% Of Current Jobs Threatened By Technology
• Obama Kept His Promise, 83,000 Coal Jobs Lost And 400 Mines Shuttered
• The Fed may be preparing for the unthinkable — negative interest rates in America
• State’s largest private ambulance service closing (North Carolina, 400 laid off)
• Obama economy gives us more horrible news: Only 151,000 new jobs in August

--and lots to read

Rich Will Forego Carried Interest for a Bigger Loophole - Michael Hiltzik
Market Booms Can Persist Much Longer Than Expected - Tom Stevenson
JFK & Reagan: When Econ. Policy Wasn't Partisan - John Tamny, Forbes
Yes, the News Can Survive the Newspaper - Jim Rutenberg,New York Times
Saudi/Russia Just Threw Oil Big Fat Head Fake - Geoffrey Smith, Fortune
Why U.S. Job Creation Machine Is Broken - Howard Gold, MarketWatch
August Jobs Report Doesn't Change Much for the Fed - John Crudele,NYP

[wastedyears]

A central tenet of feminism.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

My folks sold the house I grew up in which provided a large chunk of their retirement. Statistically they had a hell of a year but that was the culmination of a lot of years and sweat. It was basically a once in a lifetime thing. These politicians that want to take a large part of that to “equalize” income with someone who never worked a day in their life make me want to scream.